Development

DANIA BEACH, FLA. — Cymbal DLT Cos. has obtained a $95 million loan for Oasis Pointe Residences, a newly built, 301-unit apartment community located at 150 S. Bryan Road in South Florida’s Dania Beach. Kookmin Bank and Related Fund Management provided the financing, which allows Cymbal DLT to keep the asset in its portfolio. Patrick Martin from Related, Will (Woosuk) Cha from Kookmin Bank and the Cymbal DLT team of Asi Cymbal, Hector Torres, Jacob Nunez and Jake Fleischer worked together to close this deal. Cymbal DLT previously paid off its $60.3 million construction loan to 3650 REIT and distributed a 130 percent return to the project’s equity investors. Oasis Pointe spans eight stories on 2.4 acres and was 97 percent occupied at the time of loan closing. The waterfront property features a mix of studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as an amenity package including a waterfront boardwalk with a 19-slip marina, Zoom lounge with private office suites and workstations, outdoor lap pool, fire pit with outdoor BBQ and picnic areas, open-air fitness facility and yoga studio, indoor lounge and game room and a dog park.

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FREDERICKSBURG, VA. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged joint venture equity for the development of a seniors housing community in Fredericksburg, approximately midway between Richmond and Washington, D.C. Centric Development LLC is developing the property, which will feature 106 assisted living and 36 memory care units. The three-story, 153,000-square-foot property will be situated on a 16.2-acre parcel within an established, regional medical hub. Joel Mendes, Anthony T. Fertitta Jr. and Billy Lichtenstein led the JLL Capital Markets Advisory team. Completion is scheduled for 2025.

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BRIDGEVILLE, DEL. — New York City-based Dwight Capital has provided a $38.3 million HUD-insured construction loan for Villas at Bridgeville, a 152-unit multifamily project in Delaware. The project will consist of 34 townhome and duplex buildings and one amenity building on a 23-acre site. Units will have private patios/balconies and two-car garages, and amenities will include a pool, fitness center, playground and walking trails. Daniel Malka and Jacob Gauptman of Dwight Capital originated the financing on behalf of the borrower, Allen & Rocks Inc. A construction timeline was not disclosed.

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CHICAGO — This summer, Vornado Realty Trust will debut new amenities at THE MART office building that it owns in Chicago. Gensler designed the revitalization project. The South Lobby now features new lounge seating with furnishings sourced exclusively from design showrooms at THE MART. An amenity space on the second floor features a 23,000-square-foot health club with state-of-the-art equipment, studios offering a full range of classes and a juice bar. A tenant-exclusive speakeasy lounge overlooks the river and new retail offerings focus on beauty, health and well-being. There is also a 21,000-square-foot conference center and workspace with meeting rooms, lounge areas, flexible programming space and a private café. Additionally, the River Park public space now includes a plaza for pedestrian traffic and gathering as well as a central lawn for community events. The outdoor space features new food and beverage offerings and new landscaping completed by Hoerr Schaudt. Totaling 4.2 million square feet, THE MART is the largest privately held commercial building in the U.S., according to Vornado. The owner also completed a round of improvements in 2016 that included the “Grand Staircase,” as well as dining destination Marshall’s Landing, a food hall and a reception and information desk.

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OMAHA, NEB. — Koelbel & Co., in partnership with the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and GreenSlate Development, has broken ground on the Innovation Hub at Catalyst, a $65 million project at the historic Omaha Mill site. The project is part of UNMC’s larger Saddle Creek redevelopment in Midtown Omaha that will serve to accelerate innovation in the healthcare industry. The Catalyst building will bring UNMC’s UNeMed and UNeTech branches together to facilitate the growth of research and innovation, and enable entrepreneurs, investors and innovators to collaborate on the former Omaha Steel Castings industrial site, which dates back to 1906. The 170,000-square-foot development will include a food hall and market, event center and collaborative office space. Completion is slated for late 2024. Koelbel previously built a Catalyst project in Denver.

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NORTH AURORA, ILL. — The Opus Group has begun construction on the third and final building at Tollway Corporate Center in North Aurora. The 408,195-square-foot speculative project is a joint venture with Principal Asset Management. The building will feature immediate access to I-88 along with a clear height of 36 feet, 55 dock doors, four drive-in doors, 134 auto parking stalls and 94 trailer stalls. Completion is slated for December. Opus is the developer, design-builder, architect and structural engineer. Brian Kling and Reed Adler of Colliers and Dan Leahy and Packy Doyle of NAI Hiffman are marketing the space for lease. Opus completed the first two buildings at Tollway Corporate Center in December 2022. The properties are fully leased to Soligent Distribution, Karat Packaging and Ryder Integrated Logistics.

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IRVINGTON, N.J. — The NRP Group, a Cleveland-based multifamily developer, has completed 722 Chancellor, a 56-unit affordable housing project in the Northern New Jersey community of Irvington. The five-story building houses a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units that are reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. Amenities include a fitness center, computer room, children’s playroom and onsite laundry facilities.

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DENVER — Project partners Confluent Senior Living and MorningStar Senior Living have completed construction of MorningStar at Observatory Park.  Located in Denver’s historic Observatory Park neighborhood, the 89,900-square-foot senior living community represents the partners’ 13th joint venture across five states. The five-story, urban infill community offers 58 assisted living and 23 memory care suites as well as 47 underground parking spaces.  Firms involved in the project included Hord Coplan Macht as the architect, Shaw Construction as the general contractor and Thoma-Holec Design as the interior designer.

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DECATUR, GA. — Edens plans to transform North DeKalb Mall, an enclosed regional shopping mall in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur, into a 2.5 million-square-foot mixed-use development called Lulah Hills. Edens acquired the 622,297-square-foot mall in 2021 and rezoned the 73-acre site in 2022 to allow for mixed-use development. At its full build-out, Lulah Hills will feature 320,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, 1,700 multifamily units, 100 townhomes, a 150-room hotel and a Path Foundation trail connection to nearby Emory University. North DeKalb Mall opened in 1965 and served as the first fully enclosed mall in metro Atlanta. Demolition of the mall is expected to begin later this year, with initial phases of the project to be completed by 2025. Edens owns and operates 1.5 million square feet of retail space in metro Atlanta, including Toco Hills, Merchants Walk, Andrews Square, Buckhead Marketplace, Moores Mill and Park Place.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Swinerton has topped out the second phase of The Joinery, which comprises two seven-story apartment buildings in Charlotte’s Optimist Park neighborhood totaling 360 units and 30,000 square feet of commercial space. The developer, Space Craft, expects to deliver the first building located at 420 E. 22nd St. by the end of the year and the second building located at 1816 N. Brevard St. by summer 2024. Phase II of The Joinery’s construction costs total $80 million, according to Swinerton. The project comprises two two- story concrete podiums with five levels of apartments atop wrapped in a hybrid cross-laminated timber system provided by Timberlab, an affiliate of Swinerton. Phase I of The Joinery, which was also constructed by Swinerton, is a six-story building totaling 83 apartments and 2,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.

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